Tesla profits disappoint on lower sales
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| Tesla Investors Are Eager for Musk’s Reengagement Bloomberg - |
| Tesla’s revenue and profits tank amid political chaos The Verge - |
Max now lets you share your account, but it’ll cost $7.99/month extra
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Is Google’s smart tag network any good yet?
When Google launched its long-awaited Find My Device network in April 2024, it arrived to… well, what's the opposite of "fanfare"? A slow network rollout and damning reviews dampened enthusiasm for what was supposed to be a wave of Android-powered rivals…
OpenAI tells judge it would buy Chrome from Google
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| OpenAI Would Buy Google’s Chrome Browser, ChatGPT Chief Says Bloomberg - |
Google is paying Samsung an ‘enormous sum’ to preinstall Gemini
Testimony this week from Google’s antitrust trial shows that Google gives Samsung an “enormous sum of money” each month to preinstall the Gemini AI app on Samsung devices, reports Bloomberg. Now that Judge Amit Mehta has ruled Google’s search engine is a…
Bionic Bay mixes floppy physics with hard sci-fi
Wandering through Bionic Bay's dark alien world is unsettling and awe-inspiring. There are massive structures with no clear purpose and autonomous factories filled with whirring saw blades and devastating lasers. It's grim and unforgiving, with little li…
Musk’s xAI Holdings is reportedly raising the second-largest private funding round ever
Elon Musk’s xAI Holdings is in talks to raise $20 billion in fresh funding, potentially valuing the AI and social media combo at over $120 billion, according to a new Bloomberg report that says talks are in the “early stages.” If succes…
Kuxiu’s ‘world first’ solid-state power bank costs a little more but lasts much longer
Solid-state batteries are the future. They're more powerful, compact, safe, and sustainable than Lithium-ion alternatives, but true all-solid state batteries can't be mass-produced cost-effectively. That's why Kuxiu has gone semi-solid state for what it …
Apple Intelligence earns ‘stronger-than-expected’ marks in consumer survey
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DoorDash seeks dismissal of Uber lawsuit
DoorDash has asked a California Superior Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Uber that accuses the food delivery company of stifling competition by intimidating restaurant owners into exclusive deals. DoorDash argues in its motion that Uber’s…
Reid Hoffman on AI Investing, Trade Policy and Doge | Bloomberg Technology
Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow speak with Greylock partner and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman about AI policy and investing amid global trade tensions. Plus, Kamyl Bazbaz from the privacy-focused search company DuckDuckGo discusses what change…
TechCrunch Mobility: Slate’s ‘transformer’ EV truck breaks cover and Tesla’s dueling realities
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Busy week, so let’s get to it. Starting with federal regulations! Woohoo. Exciting stuff…
Anthropic sent a takedown notice to a dev trying to reverse-engineer its coding tool
In the battle between two “agentic” coding tools — Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex CLI — the latter appears to be fostering more developer goodwill than the former. That’s at least partly because Anthropic has iss…
Deel files countersuit against Rippling as rivalry escalates
In the latest development of an increasingly public dispute between HR and payroll services rivals, Deel has filed a countersuit against Rippling. To recap: Rippling publicly announced on March 17 that it was suing Deel over alleged corporate espionage, …
Slate Auto eyes former Indiana printing plant for its EV truck production
Slate Auto, the buzzy new EV startup that broke stealth this week, is close to locking in a former printing plant located in Warsaw, Indiana as the future production site for its cheap electric truck, a review of public records shows. The company is expe…
Trump Administration Pressures Europe to Reject AI Rulebook
US President Donald Trump’s administration is putting pressure on Europe to ditch a rulebook that would compel developers of advanced artificial intelligence to follow stricter standards of transparency, risk-mitigation and copyright rules.
Chinese Electronics Makers Shrug, Joke and Wait for Tariff Chaos to Pass
Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter with reporting and analysis about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Luz Ding reports on the mood about the economy, tariffs and a potential trade war at a major exhib…
Tencent Music in Talks to Buy Ximalaya for $2.4 Billion
Tencent Music Entertainment Group is in advanced talks to buy Chinese podcasting startup Ximalaya Inc. in a $2.4 billion deal that would accelerate its push to become China’s answer to Spotify Technology SA, according to people with knowledge of the matt…
Router Maker TP-Link Faces US Criminal Antitrust Investigation
The US is conducting a criminal antitrust investigation into pricing strategies by TP-Link Systems Inc., a California-based router maker with links to China whose equipment now dominates the American market, according to people familiar with the matter.
New Financials From Musk’s X Debt Sale Show Changing Company
Elon Musk’s X Holdings Corp. is evolving from a social media platform powered by mainstream advertisers to one betting on dollars generated from artificial intelligence and subscriptions — a change that appears to have buoyed its revenue lately.
Intel Delivers Disappointing Forecast, Moves to Slash More Jobs
Intel Corp., the chipmaker attempting a comeback under new Chief Executive Officer Lip-Bu Tan, gave a weak forecast for the current period and said it’s cutting workers to bring costs in line with the business’s smaller size.
What iPhone 17 model are you most excited to see? [Poll]
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GPU prices are out of control again
Every so often, Central Computers - one of the last remaining dedicated Silicon Valley computer stores - lets subscribers know it's managed to obtain a small shipment of AMD graphics cards. Today, it informed me that I could now purchase a $600 Radeon RX…
Bending to industry, Donald Trump issues executive order to “expedite” deep sea mining
Donald Trump wants to mine the depths of the ocean for critical minerals ubiquitous in rechargeable batteries, signing an executive order on Thursday to try to expedite mining within US and international waters. It’s a brash move that critics say c…
Meet the Dutch tech stars speaking at TNW Conference
As our favourite Dutch holiday approaches, TNW is celebrating the tech titans shaping the future in the Netherlands. Our beloved home country is the proud parent of a prodigious brood of digital talent. It’s given birth to cultivated meat, raised Booking…
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 …
Startups Weekly: Tech IPOs and deals proceed, but price matters
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week confirmed that deals can still happen in a troubled world, but price considerations and ad…
